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Searching for Poseidon!

Sounio, Greece, Dec 27, 2009

And what a search!!!!

The day before I found Laurinhio online, it was quite late and I asked him to give me some directions to find the bus stop that goes to Sounio. I checked on the net, but every single information was so different, I just didn’t know what to think anymore :/ .  Seriously, there’s no much information about transportation and so on the net.

Anyways, so Laurinhio gave me some info, and with that I felt quite ok. However on the map we had, it wasn’t that clear the street where the bus station was, but it was fine, we could ask around.
The person at the reception of the hostel, didn’t have a clue of the place :S.  So, with the guys we planned to just go and ask someone around, we could get there just asking…

We went to Sindagma, walked around trying to find some breakfast, but the coffee shops around are quite expensive. We ended up having Costa Coffee, for me was the first time, but it’s quite like Starbucks. I took some pics of the Barista while making the coffees, I just like coffee and take shots of anything
So, we still didn’t know where the bus stop was. So, we started asking ppl around, but “surprise” nobody knew where it was :S … SERIOUSLY?  ….
After checking and asking and not being successful, we just took the tram and see where it was going to take us lol….. We went till the last stop of the tram, and that was it.  Where was the bus station?…. No clue yet LOL … We asked the tram divers, but they were quite lost. They kind of mentioned there was a bus stop somewhere close :S … So, we walked until we found one, but we weren’t sure if it was the right one :S …. And there was nobody around, just a lady that told Jegzi we should wait for the “Orange” bus. ….. We waited and waited and waited…. and then two Belgians joined us, as they were looking how to get to Sounio, but nobody gave them a clue either.
At some point, we weren’t sure if the bus was going to come :S …. We almost waited for like an hour or so :S … and just when we were going to leave and forget about Poseidon for that day, the bus arrived!   Yeahhh!!

It took us about 1 hour to get to Sounio, the bus cost us around 4,10 euro, and the bus left us at the very entry to Poseidon. There’s a fee of ___ to entry the temple.
The day was cloudy and it was very windy at the temple. But it’s such an amazing place, you could really tell the 4 winds cross over there.
We stayed for a while, taking pictures and hanging around. I had fun with the photo session I made for the guys hahaha.  I wish the day was different, but the sky was quite grey and cloudy, still I tried to do my best :S.
We had to wait for the bus that was going to take us back to Athens. There was a restaurant there, but as always KIELBASA saved us!!! …. Ahhh I just love the Kielbasa , so we shared the food. Thanks guys!

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Art and Architecture: influence of the Roman Empire

World, Jan 24, 2010

Rome has always been a place of fascination dating back to my history classes when I was but 7 years old. I did study European history past high school focusing on the rise and fall of colonial powers like the Roman Empire, England etc. Rome’s conquests were vast spreading into Africa. In it’s regional restlessness and the varying history of continental Europe, the Roman Empire stands undefeated and a monument to scale and stability. At the peak of it’s might, the Roman empire stretched from Syria to Scotland and much of the western world, and for 700 years or more, she ruled vast dominions. With this influence came a history that we now seek in our travels and find but ruins on the ground. Two things take my fancy when I travel to Europe besides the landscape; art and architecture. The architecture and art of Rome and its empire, which at its peak in might did go as far as the the Caspian Sea. The end of Roman art and the beginning of medieval art is said to have taken place during the conversion of the emperor Constantine to Christianity, and during the time when the capital of the Roman empire was moved from Rome to Constantinople. When I first visited Rome in 1998, my main focus was to visit the seat of my faith (I was born Catholic), Vatican City. St. Peter;s Basilica is an art of it’s own with architectural style that is in it’s own category.

With time, as the Roman Empire expanded throughout Italy and the Mediterranean exposing the Romans to other artistic cultures especially that of the Greece, Roman art shook off its dependence on Etruscan art. Because of the extraordinary geographical extent of the Roman Empire coupled with the diversity of the population within it’s boundaries, the art and architecture of the Romans is characterized by varying styles from differing regional tastes and the diverse preferences of a wide range of patrons.

This blog will include two categories, the first focusing on art and the peoples while the second will focus on the architecture and it’s influence on greater Europe as well as other parts that were directly under the influence of the Roman empire.

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Art and Architecture: influence of the Roman Empire

World, Jan 24, 2010

Rome has always been a place of fascination dating back to my history classes when I was but 7 years old. I did study European history past high school focusing on the rise and fall of colonial powers like the Roman Empire, England etc. Rome’s conquests were vast spreading into Africa. In it’s regional restlessness and the varying history of continental Europe, the Roman Empire stands undefeated and a monument to scale and stability. At the peak of it’s might, the Roman empire stretched from Syria to Scotland and much of the western world, and for 700 years or more, she ruled vast dominions. With this influence came a history that we now seek in our travels and find but ruins on the ground. Two things take my fancy when I travel to Europe besides the landscape; art and architecture. The architecture and art of Rome and its empire, which at its peak in might did go as far as the the Caspian Sea. The end of Roman art and the beginning of medieval art is said to have taken place during the conversion of the emperor Constantine to Christianity, and during the time when the capital of the Roman empire was moved from Rome to Constantinople. When I first visited Rome in 1998, my main focus was to visit the seat of my faith (I was born Catholic), Vatican City. St. Peter;s Basilica is an art of it’s own with architectural style that is in it’s own category.

With time, as the Roman Empire expanded throughout Italy and the Mediterranean exposing the Romans to other artistic cultures especially that of the Greece, Roman art shook off its dependence on Etruscan art. Because of the extraordinary geographical extent of the Roman Empire coupled with the diversity of the population within it’s boundaries, the art and architecture of the Romans is characterized by varying styles from differing regional tastes and the diverse preferences of a wide range of patrons.

This blog will include two categories, the first focusing on art and the peoples while the second will focus on the architecture and it’s influence on greater Europe as well as other parts that were directly under the influence of the Roman empire.

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